Smart city construction and urban green development: empirical evidence from China

Smart city construction represents an advanced stage of China's urbanisation process and plays an important role in promoting green economic growth and sustainable development. Propensity score matching is combined with the difference-in-difference method to analyse the data of 221 prefecture-l...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2023-10, Vol.13 (1), p.17366-17366, Article 17366
Main Authors: Zhang, Youzhi, Liu, Yinke, Zhao, Jing, Wang, Jingyi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Big Data
Carbon
Clean technology
Construction
Economic development
Economic growth
Efficiency
Energy consumption
Environmental impact
Green development
Green economy
Humanities and Social Sciences
Innovations
Intelligence
Internet of Things
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Smart cities
Sustainable development
Urban areas
Urban development
Urbanization
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Summary:Smart city construction represents an advanced stage of China's urbanisation process and plays an important role in promoting green economic growth and sustainable development. Propensity score matching is combined with the difference-in-difference method to analyse the data of 221 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2020 to assess the impact of smart city construction on urban green development. We found that smart city construction can significantly contribute to urban green development; this contribution has long-term benefits. Further analysis shows that smart city construction promotes urban green development via industrial structure and green technology innovation and that smart city construction has a significant positive spatial spillover effect, i.e., it promotes urban green development locally while significantly contributing to urban green development in neighbouring regions.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-023-44061-2